Bias is a former Cabell County Commissioner and took classes on employment law when he worked in human resources and as a union president.

Vance has 27 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, including work with the Barboursville Police Department, Cabell County Sheriff’s Department home confinement, airport police and private security.

Woelfel, who received the most votes, will remain the youngest magistrate in Cabell County at 32. He is a graduate of St. Joseph Central Catholic High School and has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Marshall University. He has served as a magistrate for nine years and for the past six years has served as a member of the Magistrate Education Committee appointed by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.